Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 11:13:00PM -0700, Norbert Papke wrote: On June 8, 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote: Further suppose that after running the command, I decide I want to save the output to a text file, so I can analyze the results outside of the terminal. What can I do? Well, I can do a traditional copy-and-paste, or I could re-enter the previous command and send it to a text file (which I ought to have done in the first place). But is there another option? Is there some variable (such as, hypothetically, $output[n], where n=some integer index) that I could use to store the results in a text file? Such an option might look like the following: You could use sysutils/screen from ports. Screen lets you capture your session in a log file. If you decide you need the output from a previous command, it would be trivial to extract from the log. Nobody's mentioned script(1). Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
On June 8, 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote: Further suppose that after running the command, I decide I want to save the output to a text file, so I can analyze the results outside of the terminal. What can I do? Well, I can do a traditional copy-and-paste, or I could re-enter the previous command and send it to a text file (which I ought to have done in the first place). But is there another option? Is there some variable (such as, hypothetically, $output[n], where n=some integer index) that I could use to store the results in a text file? Such an option might look like the following: You could use sysutils/screen from ports. Screen lets you capture your session in a log file. If you decide you need the output from a previous command, it would be trivial to extract from the log. -- Norbert Papke. npa...@acm.org http://saveournet.ca Protecting your Internet's level playing field ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: OK, this is perhaps a weird question, capable of being very confusing. So let's take a for instance. Suppose I run something like the Linux command fdupes on a directory with many large files. This operation will take considerable time to complete. When it completes, a lot of output is send to stdout (displayed on the terminal). Further suppose that after running the command, I decide I want to save the output to a text file, so I can analyze the results outside of the terminal. What can I do? Well, I can do a traditional copy-and-paste, or I could re-enter the previous command and send it to a text file (which I ought to have done in the first place). But is there another option? Is there some variable (such as, hypothetically, $output[n], where n=some integer index) that I could use to store the results in a text file? Such an option might look like the following: $ fdupes -r ~/directorywithlotsoflargefiles (.lots of output, woops, should have sent to a text file!) $ output[1] ~/textfile.txt Hopefully this has made (some) sense. freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Check the manpage for tee. That should give you a solution you're looking for. --Joseph Lenox -- Nothing unreal exists. - Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Lord Of Hyphens wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: $ fdupes -r ~/directorywithlotsoflargefiles (.lots of output, woops, should have sent to a text file!) $ output[1] ~/textfile.txt Hopefully this has made (some) sense. freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Check the manpage for tee. That should give you a solution you're looking for. I think the intention of the original question was for the case where you have forgotten to set up a pipe/redirection properly before starting the long- running command. Tee would work fine if you have the foresight to use it... Steven ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
In the last episode (Jun 08), Steven Schlansker said: On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Lord Of Hyphens wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: $ fdupes -r ~/directorywithlotsoflargefiles (.lots of output, woops, should have sent to a text file!) $ output[1] ~/textfile.txt Check the manpage for tee. That should give you a solution you're looking for. I think the intention of the original question was for the case where you have forgotten to set up a pipe/redirection properly before starting the long- running command. Tee would work fine if you have the foresight to use it... How much output are you expecting to capture? You can configure an arbitrary number of syscons history lines or screen scrollback lines. I'm sure xterm can be configured similarly, but I can't find it from a quick skim of the manpage. I have syscons set to 1024 lines and screen set to 10240 lines myself. You can use vidcontrol -HP to dump syscons history if you need to copy more than you can select with the mouse on a single page, and screen has a whole sub-interface for interacting with its scrollback. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Reproduce previous stdout output without running previous command
Daniel Underwood wrote: I read up on tee, but I'm not sure it does the trick. From what I understand, tee simply enters a mode where what you type gets put into a text file. What actually happens is when you pipe it to tee, it shows up in a text file and on the screen. That lets you make the quick decision of whether or not to keep the file you just made. --Joseph Lenox PS: Please remember to CC to the mailing list. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
